{"id":88043,"date":"2025-12-18T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88043\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:14:16","slug":"fsu-wraps-up-2025-at-diving-winter-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88043\/","title":{"rendered":"FSU Wraps up 2025 at Diving Winter Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIDLAND, Texas \u2013 The Florida State swimming and diving team concluded the 2025 portion of its season at the USA Diving Winter National Championships from December 10-16 at the COM Aquatics Center in Midland, Texas.
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\nThe seven-day event featured eight current Seminoles competing across individual and synchronized events, with multiple top-10 finishes.
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\nCompetition opened with qualifying rounds on 10-meter, 1-meter and 3-meter, followed by preliminary and final rounds throughout the week. The event concluded with synchronized finals.
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\nRedshirt senior Kayleigh Clark<\/a> led the way for Florida State, earning a fifth-place finish in the women’s platform event. Clark placed fifth in the preliminary round with a score of 268.20 before finishing fifth overall in the final with a combined score of 543.80. She also was fifth in the synchronized women’s 3-meter final, with a score of 220.68.
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\nStrong performances continued in synchronized competition later in the week. In the men’s 3-meter synchronized event, the duo of junior Jack Bessire and freshman Jack Sparks<\/a> placed fifth overall with a combined score of 628.50 after a mark of 311.94 in prelims that also was fifth. Sophomore Hayden Schroeder<\/a> and sophomore Noah Turner<\/a> also advanced to the final and finished sixth overall with a score of 622.23 after placing seventh in the preliminary round with a 301.35.
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\nIndividually for the men, Schroeder competed in multiple events, placing 21st on both 3-meter (308.15) and 1-meter (256.70). Turner finished 30th on 3-meter with a score of 278.80, while sophomore Carlos Vargas<\/a> competed on platform and recorded a score of 274.50.
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\nFlorida State also posted solid results during the individual qualifying rounds. Sophomore Evelyn Hall<\/a> was 17th in the 1-meter qualifier with a score of 201.00. In the men’s 1-meter qualifier, Sparks earned a seventh-place finish with a score of 289.60 while freshman Maxwell Shaver followed with a ninth-place showing at 277.40. Shaver also competed in the men’s 3-meter qualifier, placing 32nd with a score of 188.90.
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\nUp next, the Seminoles will return home to host Villanova at the Morcom Aquatics Center on January 6.
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